My boyfriend’s mother chanced upon my TikTok videos, and since then my life has never been the same. She’s trying all she can to destroy a three-year relationship because of the kind of videos I create online. I create lifestyle content. I travel to nice places to create content and also create makeup content, and sometimes I do “A Day In My Life.” I don’t think I create the kind of content that brings shame to my parents or anyone I’m involved with.

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I don’t put the camera on myself and insult people or say profane things online. I’m creating the kind of content that will help me influence for large organizations. I don’t know how this woman found my content. All of a sudden, she started saving my videos and sending them to my boyfriend and asking him, “Is this the kind of woman you want to marry? A woman who’s all over the place?”

My boyfriend had to go home and explain things to her, but this woman took him through my page and pointed out everything that’s wrong with me and said, “No, she can’t be my daughter-in-law. Your father will be disappointed in me if I allow that.”

She has a problem with the way I dressed in some of my content. She has a problem with the food I ate at certain places and asked my boyfriend, “Does she even know how to cook? A woman who goes around eating expensive meals. Can’t she cook? Do you want to marry a woman who will waste your money on an expensive lifestyle?”

She has a problem with the way I spend time in the mirror doing makeup and teaching how to do it. “See how long she stays in front of the mirror. Will a woman like this have time for my grandkids?” She even has a problem with my wardrobe because, according to her, I’m too vain, looking at the number of shoes and clothes I have. She said, “Look at her. Today she’s here. Tomorrow she’s there. Who’s giving her the money? Are you sure she’s not into big men? Can you control such a woman?”

It’s all content, but this woman doesn’t understand it, and she’s kicking against our relationship. The sad thing is, I don’t even know how to block her because I don’t think she even has an account. She discovered TikTok on her phone, and that was it.

I’m not worried about my boyfriend leaving me because of that, but I’m worried about how I’m going to make her accept me. We used to be fine. She used to call me daughter-in-law, but these days she doesn’t want to hear my name or see my face at all around her son. And I’m asking how I’m going to explain this to her if her own son was not able to make her understand. Where do I go from here?

—Faith

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